dondlhmn Posted October 6, 2015 Report Share Posted October 6, 2015 Years ago when I went to flight school, I did not keep many pictures, nor did I keep copies of a lot of things. For those of you in Flight School NOW, I'd recommend keeping everything you can get your hands on...pictures, orders, rosters, class standing stuff....anything and everything and keep track of it....put it all in a file that will follow you around or something. Label the pictures as to who is in them...classmates, wives, TAC officers, what the pic is/was about...everything!! You might be 24 years old now, but in a couple of weeks you are gonna be 64 and wish you had all that stuff. Go ahead and laugh at my math if you want, but looking backwards it sure seems like 3 months ago and not 40 years ago that I was in Flight School at Mother Rucker. Time WILL GO BY faster than you can imagine right now and so will your time as an Army pilot...and then your next career, too! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkerman180 Posted October 6, 2015 Report Share Posted October 6, 2015 Great idea Sir! With all due respect, your aging yourself! All our pictures are digital, everyone with a brain scans their docs and takes them with them every where on a tablet, and all our files are in the cloud! Again, I mean no disrespect, just thought this was a funny comparison of old and new. Thank you for your service! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apacheguy Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 Definitely keep all that stuff. That way you can look back and say, here's the idiot that destroyed his helicopter because he got lost and flew into power lines in Bosnia yet was still able to get promoted to LTC and compete for a BN Command. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luofynerd Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 Definitely keep all that stuff. That way you can look back and say, here's the idiot that destroyed his helicopter because he got lost and flew into power lines in Bosnia yet was still able to get promoted to LTC and compete for a BN Command. That's what a wsps is for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindsey Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 That's what a wsps is for.Unless you're a Hooker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akscott60 Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 The 47 will win against most wires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eagle5 Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 Years ago when I went to flight school, I did not keep many pictures, nor did I keep copies of a lot of things. For those of you in Flight School NOW, I'd recommend keeping everything you can get your hands on...pictures, orders, rosters, class standing stuff....anything and everything and keep track of it....put it all in a file that will follow you around or something. Label the pictures as to who is in them...classmates, wives, TAC officers, what the pic is/was about...everything!! You might be 24 years old now, but in a couple of weeks you are gonna be 64 and wish you had all that stuff. Go ahead and laugh at my math if you want, but looking backwards it sure seems like 3 months ago and not 40 years ago that I was in Flight School at Mother Rucker. Time WILL GO BY faster than you can imagine right now and so will your time as an Army pilot...and then your next career, too!Yeah, Walkerman is right, generation tweet posts every second of their lives on facebook and twitter (I had a donut for bfast by the way and it was #awesome!) so its all up there "forever". Of course with global warming and the ever increasing overpopulation, in 40 years the world will probably look like it did in Soylent Green, and we'll all be trying to turn that "cloud" into food! ...what happened to my 20s? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yamer Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 Aliens did it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tradewinds Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 Definitely keep all that stuff. That way you can look back and say, here's the idiot that destroyed his helicopter because he got lost and flew into power lines in Bosnia yet was still able to get promoted to LTC and compete for a BN Command. Or the WO3 that thought he could make it under the wire but clipped off the MMS of a 58. Just saying, ROs don't have a monopoly on doing stupid things. There's an old saying, still rings true after many years, What's the last words a pilot says...."Hey Dude, watch this!!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
napoleonpp Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 Also ensure you just take plenty of pics of your time in the military. There's been multiple deployments that I look back on and wish I had taken more pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmurray Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 Also ensure you just take plenty of pics of your time in the military. There's been multiple deployments that I look back on and wish I had taken more pics I second that. I'm getting ready to go back states side and I already wish I had more pictures. Some things you never forget but nothing beats a good photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsbigfootguys Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 Just keep them off Reddit until you graduate..... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkerman180 Posted October 13, 2015 Report Share Posted October 13, 2015 Or the WO3 that thought he could make it under the wire but clipped off the MMS of a 58. Just saying, ROs don't have a monopoly on doing stupid things. There's an old saying, still rings true after many years, What's the last words a pilot says...."Hey Dude, watch this!!"I thought it was, "Bro, hold my beer." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cantankerously Posted October 13, 2015 Report Share Posted October 13, 2015 we're not allowed to take pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tradewinds Posted October 13, 2015 Report Share Posted October 13, 2015 I thought it was, "Bro, hold my beer." That's the commercial airlines motto. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apacheguy Posted October 14, 2015 Report Share Posted October 14, 2015 That's what a wsps is for. WSPS can't cut through a 1 inch steel electric cable. It knocked that 58D right out of the sky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_P148 Posted October 14, 2015 Report Share Posted October 14, 2015 we're not allowed to take pictures.I lol'd 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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